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Zero balancing: This is a method for aligning body
structure and body energy. Through touch akin to
acupressure, the practitioner seeks to overcome imbalances
in the structure/energetic interface of the body, which is
said to exist beneath the level of conscious awareness. Zero
balancing is often used for stress reduction.

Zheng: In traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) zheng is
the set of useful “patterns” that could serve as targets for
therapy. In TCM, a disease has two aspects: “bìng” and
“zhèng”. The former is often translated as “disease entity”,
“disease category”, “illness”, or simply “diagnosis”. The
latter, and more important one, is usually translated as
“pattern” (or sometimes also as “syndrome”). For example,
the disease entity of a common cold might present with a
pattern of wind-cold in one patient, and with the pattern of
wind-heat in another.

Zoonutrients: Special health promoting compounds found
in meat, fish, egg and dairy products, especially whey and
colostrum.

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